Takeover "dead" says Timbo

Takeover talks lie a-moldering in the grave

According to Villa boss Tim Sherwood, the takeover bid isn't pining for the fjords, it's a stiff! Bereft of life, it rests in peace! If we hadn't nailed it to the perch it'd be pushing up the daisies! It's kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!!


Sherwood said: “I think it’s dead now to be honest. It was fairly live but I think the people who were talking are now not there.

“The chairman is picking it up and running with it now. I’m not sure if anyone is too close now - until it’s done it’s never there.

“Randy is the one who is making the decisions regarding the players. He is willing to back us to the hilt.

Mystery Consortium

"But he can only back us to the tune of financial fair play. That means there might have to be some exits from the club before we can get in some more.”

Lerner hasn't managed to strike a deal with the "mystery consortium", thought by some to originate from the United States and others to be a Chinese mob.

The party were said to have been granted an exclusivity period last month but negotiations have apparently gone tits up